The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Londonvilla]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/premier-league-gossip-aston-villa-8294065

Premier League Gossip: Aston Villa star set to be swapped for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder?

MIRROR: Midfielder Mousa Dembele is also likely to leave White Hart Lane next month. A swap deal involving Aston Villa’s Fabian Delph has been mooted and Stoke boss Mark Hughes is very keen to take him on loan at the Britannia Stadium.



Happy to have Dembele on loan but a swap deal no way .....

[Dave]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

[Londonvilla]

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/aston-villa-transfers.html

The good (Olof Mellberg) the bad (Marlon Harewood) and the Peter Schmeichel of past tranfers... I had forgot how hit and miss its been in the past....

[Londonvilla]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

Lets just offer Delph the cash he wants and add to the first team squad as it would be cheaper than paying a transfer fee plus wages on bring in another player.

[Walmley_Villa]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

Lets just offer Delph the cash he wants and add to the first team squad as it would be cheaper than paying a transfer fee plus wages on bring in another player.

I think it is too late for that. There were rumours he had sold his house and was living at the Belfry. I go to the gym there and have seen him and his car there (the car last Sunday morning) so wouldn't surprise me if there was some truth in it.

[Dave]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

Lets just offer Delph the cash he wants and add to the first team squad as it would be cheaper than paying a transfer fee plus wages on bring in another player.

What if it has nothing to do with how much money he can earn? What if he wants to play for a club that isn't just treading water?

[supertom]

If Delph has any sense he'll leave. It's a shambles here and he's hitting his peak right now. Just broken into the England side too.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/aston-villa-transfers.html

The good (Olof Mellberg) the bad (Marlon Harewood) and the Peter Schmeichel of past tranfers... I had forgot how hit and miss its been in the past....

A lot more "miss" than "hit" unfortunately.

A staggering waste of money in too many cases.

[Damo70]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

I agree. But surely he would prefer to run down his contract and have his pick of clubs and a bigger signing on  fee when he is a free agent.

[Dave]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

I agree. But surely he would prefer to run down his contract and have his pick of clubs and a bigger signing on  fee when he is a free agent.

I agree, and that's certainly what I expect him to so. Which is why if we can get anything for him in January (that doesn't impact on the last few months of the season too negatively) then we should look to do it.

Swapping him for a broadly similar player in the same position (and probably one with slightly more attacking nous) would be the best result imaginable.

edit: apart from the unlikely signing of a new contract, obv.

[PaulWinch again]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/premier-league-gossip-aston-villa-8294065

Premier League Gossip: Aston Villa star set to be swapped for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder?

MIRROR: Midfielder Mousa Dembele is also likely to leave White Hart Lane next month. A swap deal involving Aston Villa’s Fabian Delph has been mooted and Stoke boss Mark Hughes is very keen to take him on loan at the Britannia Stadium.



Happy to have Dembele on loan but a swap deal no way .....

If Delph is leaving for free I'd love us to swap him from Dembele. Dembele is a quality player.

[PaulWinch again]

I reckon that a straight swap, Dembele for Delph would be ideal for us if he's not planning on sticking around beyond July.

Exactly.

[Londonvilla]

time on my hands so..........

http://www.thefightingcock.co.uk/2013/11/the-dembele-dilemma/

The Dembélé Dilemma...its a interesting read

http://toffeeweb.com/season/14-15/comment/talkingpoints/28547.html

5 Players on Everton’s Winter Shopping List...are we shopping in the same place as them?

[passitsideways]

Seems like it would be a wages thing with Dembele (of course assuming that he'd be willing to swap the Spurs bench for us, which seems kinda doubtful). Otherwise, I think he's a fairly close replacement for Delph, at least in terms of doing all kinds of handy things you want out of a midfielder while not contributing any goals or assists whatsoever

[Toronto Villa]

I've actually forgotten if Dembele is a decent player given that he has played so infrequently since moving to Spurs. The midfielders graveyard.